Box-fastener.



R. SOHLEICHER.

BOX FASTBNER.

Arrmumlou FILED rm. '1, 1912.

1,022, 1 56. Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT SCI-ILEICHER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO MENGEL BOXCOM- PANY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BOX-FASTENER.

Application filed February Specification of Letters Patent.

7, 1912. Serial No. 676,055.

To all whom ct may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT SonLmoI-mn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and 5 State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to improvements in box-fasteners, theconstruction and advantages of which will be hereinafter set forth,reference being had to the annexed drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box with the lid shown partly open,or as it is just about to be closed in the act of fastening the same;Fig. 2 a vertical sectional view, taken through one of the fasteners,the latter being in its locked position; and

Figs. 3, l and 5 perspective views of the component parts of thefastener.

The invention may be said to be an im provement upon the fastener shownand claimed in Letters Patent No. 915,045, granted under date of March9th, 1909, to the Hengel Box Company, and the object of the presentinvention is to simplify and to produce a stronger structure than thatdisclosed in said patent.

The box may be of any form, that shown being a light shipping box, thelid 1 whereof is hinged to the back in any suitable manner, as by metalstrips 2, having the general form of a staple, Fig. 3, prior to itsbeing secured in place.

The fastener comprises two members, one carried by the box-lid and theother secured to the box front 3. Both are formed from sheet metal andthe one secured to the lid comprises a strip 4, having a pointed end 5,and at the opposite end a pair of wings 6. Normally and prior to theengagement of the parts, the wings stand at right angles to the body 4,or in other words, form a substantially U-shaped member. To secure saidmember in place the pointed end is driven through the top and preferablyclenched, and the outer or free end is then bent downwardly over thefront edge of the cover. The second member is formed of a strip 7 havingpointed ends 8 and an outwardly bowed or deflected section 9. Saidmember is secured to the outer face of the box front in line with thedepending portion of the other fastening member, being attached bydriving the pointed ends through the front and preferably clenching thesame. Portions of the strip 7 lie close against the front, while thebowed or deflected section 9 stands slightly away from the same.

To secure the fastener, the lid is closed, at which time the wings 6stand upon opposite sides of the loop 9; then by the use of a suitabletool the wings are folded in beneath the loop, and firmly pressed toplace. Then this is accomplished, it is impossible to open the fastenerwithout marring or breaking the same, as the wings are protected both atthe top and bottom thereof by the loop 9.

The present fastener is found to be more secure, both mechanically andagainst tampering. than that shown in my prior patent above referred to.Furthermore, less metal is required to produce the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A box-fastener, comprising two members, each formed from a strip ofsheet metal, one member comprising a body portion, one end thereof beingadapted to be secured to a box while the other is provided with wings,the second member having its ends fashioned so as to enable it to besecured to a box member, and having a bowed or outwardly-deflectedcentral portion adapted to coact with the wings when the same are foldedinwardly beneath the same.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT SCHLEICHER.

\Vitnesses:

H. I. NOKETS, FRANK SGHLEICHER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

Patented Apr. 2, 1912;

